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Wigdor LLP Receives Band 1 Ranking From Chambers And Partners In Labor And Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation

Wigdor LLP is honored to announce that the Firm has received a coveted Band 1 ranking from Chambers and Partners in the category of Labor and Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation in New York.

Chambers and Partners is widely considered the most reputable law firm ranking organization in the world, publishing definitive ranking tables of the most distinguished legal counsel worldwide.  Its annual USA Guide is curated by 200 research analysts who conduct tens of thousands of interviews per year with in-house counsel and third-party experts.

Wigdor LLP is one of the most prominent plaintiff-side litigation firms in the United States.  The Firm is well known for handling some of the most high-profile cases involving sexual harassment, sexual assault and employment discrimination of the past decade.

In addition, Wigdor LLP would like to congratulate our Founding Partner Douglas H. Wigdor, and Partners Jeanne M. Christensen and David E. Gottlieb, who were among just twelve elite plaintiff-side labor and employment attorneys in New York to receive a Chambers ranking in 2021.

Douglas H. Wigdor
Band 1
Labor and Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation

Jeanne M. Christensen
Band 2
Labor and Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation

David E. Gottlieb
Up and Coming
Labor and Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation

This year, Mr. Wigdor is one of only five New York plaintiffs’ employment attorneys to receive a coveted Band 1 ranking.  Widely considered one of the most successful employment attorneys in the U.S., Mr. Wigdor was recently named one of New York’s most politically influential lawyers on City & State’s 2021 Law Power 100 list.  Due to his unrelenting advocacy and unparalleled trial experience, Mr. Wigdor’s trial verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements exceed $1 Billion.

Ms. Christensen is a prominent champion of victims’ rights in sexual harassment, gender and pregnancy discrimination and unequal pay matters.  She has extensive expertise handling employment class actions and is well known among the legal community as a fervent support of women’s rights in the workplace.  Ms. Christensen has also been named a winner of the National Law Journal’s Elite Women of the Plaintiffs’ Bar award.

Mr. Gottlieb is also at the forefront of Wigdor LLP’s success, having successfully handled numerous high-profile discrimination and harassment cases that have made headline news around the world.  An aggressive and conscientious litigator, Mr. Gottlieb was recently recognized by Law360 as one of the most influential plaintiffs’ lawyers in the U.S. as part of its 2021 Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar series.

Congratulations to all the honorees!